The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 96 131 -
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 39 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.804% 0.172% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.725% 1.180% -
Number of salaries quoted 36 3 0
Average salary £60,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
- -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
447 339 277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 20.68% 14.59% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 372 315 216
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,750 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Berkshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Reading Lync Jobs Demand Trend

Lync
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Reading region.

Reading Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Lync also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Lync.

1 38 (74.51%) Microsoft
2 37 (72.55%) Windows
3 30 (58.82%) Active Directory
4 26 (50.98%) MS Exchange
5 25 (49.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (43.14%) Unified Communications
6 22 (43.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 21 (41.18%) MS Excel
7 21 (41.18%) MCITP
8 18 (35.29%) SCCM
9 17 (33.33%) SCOM
9 17 (33.33%) Hyper-V
10 16 (31.37%) SQL
11 14 (27.45%) DHCP
11 14 (27.45%) DNS
12 13 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2007
13 12 (23.53%) Office 365
13 12 (23.53%) MCTS
14 11 (21.57%) VMware
14 11 (21.57%) ITIL
14 11 (21.57%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (19.61%) VMware Infrastructure
16 9 (17.65%) Office Communications Server
16 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2013
16 9 (17.65%) Cisco
16 9 (17.65%) Service Delivery
16 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
17 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (15.69%) VoIP
18 7 (13.73%) TCP/IP

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Lync also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Lync. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (5.882%) CGI
2 2 (3.922%) XMPP
3 1 (1.961%) COM
Application Platforms
1 26 (50.98%) MS Exchange
2 22 (43.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (17.65%) Office Communications Server
4 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (13.73%) Exchange Server 5.5
5 7 (13.73%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (5.882%) SharePoint
6 3 (5.882%) Apache
6 3 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.961%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 21 (41.18%) MS Excel
2 12 (23.53%) Office 365
3 1 (1.961%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 22 (43.14%) Unified Communications
2 14 (27.45%) DHCP
2 14 (27.45%) DNS
3 8 (15.69%) VoIP
4 7 (13.73%) TCP/IP
5 6 (11.76%) iSCSI
5 6 (11.76%) VPN
6 5 (9.804%) LAN
6 5 (9.804%) MPLS
6 5 (9.804%) Firewall
7 4 (7.843%) SSL
7 4 (7.843%) Internet
7 4 (7.843%) SAN
7 4 (7.843%) PPTP
7 4 (7.843%) WAN
8 3 (5.882%) Ethernet
8 3 (5.882%) SNMP
8 3 (5.882%) TACACS
8 3 (5.882%) DSL
8 3 (5.882%) L2TP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.961%) NonStop SQL
General
1 3 (5.882%) Marketing
2 1 (1.961%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.961%) Finance
2 1 (1.961%) Multimedia
2 1 (1.961%) Billing
Job Titles
1 35 (68.63%) Consultant
2 13 (25.49%) Technical Consultant
3 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Consultant
4 8 (15.69%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (9.804%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) Principal Consultant
6 3 (5.882%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 3 (5.882%) SCCM Consultant
7 2 (3.922%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
7 2 (3.922%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 2 (3.922%) Communications Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Support Specialist
7 2 (3.922%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.922%) Development Manager
7 2 (3.922%) Business Development Manager
7 2 (3.922%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.922%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Messaging Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Solutions Consultant
8 1 (1.961%) Messaging Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (11.76%) Clustering
1 6 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 4 (7.843%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (7.843%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (7.843%) Open Source
3 2 (3.922%) Celerra
3 2 (3.922%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.961%) iPad
4 1 (1.961%) iPhone
4 1 (1.961%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 37 (72.55%) Windows
2 25 (49.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (21.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (9.804%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (7.843%) Windows Vista
5 4 (7.843%) Linux
6 3 (5.882%) Debian
7 2 (3.922%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.922%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.961%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.961%) UNIX
8 1 (1.961%) Android
8 1 (1.961%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.961%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.57%) ITIL
2 9 (17.65%) Service Delivery
3 7 (13.73%) Migration
4 6 (11.76%) Identity Management
5 4 (7.843%) Network Management
5 4 (7.843%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.882%) Business Development
6 3 (5.882%) Supplier Management
6 3 (5.882%) Network Design
6 3 (5.882%) Network Architecture
7 2 (3.922%) Load Balancing
7 2 (3.922%) Project Management
8 1 (1.961%) CRM
8 1 (1.961%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.961%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.961%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.961%) Change Management
8 1 (1.961%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.961%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.961%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) SQL
2 3 (5.882%) Perl
3 1 (1.961%) C
3 1 (1.961%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (41.18%) MCITP
2 12 (23.53%) MCTS
3 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (9.804%) MCSE
5 4 (7.843%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.882%) CCIE
6 3 (5.882%) CCIP
7 2 (3.922%) VCAP
7 2 (3.922%) CCEE
7 2 (3.922%) CCAA
7 2 (3.922%) CCIA
7 2 (3.922%) VCDX
7 2 (3.922%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.922%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.922%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.922%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (3.922%) CCEA
7 2 (3.922%) MCSA
7 2 (3.922%) MCP
8 1 (1.961%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.882%) ISO 9001
2 3 (5.882%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 17 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 10 (19.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (11.76%) Terminal Server
5 3 (5.882%) vSphere
5 3 (5.882%) FreeRADIUS
6 2 (3.922%) XenApp
6 2 (3.922%) XenServer
6 2 (3.922%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.922%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 18 (35.29%) SCCM
2 17 (33.33%) SCOM
3 7 (13.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (13.73%) SCVMM
4 6 (11.76%) WSUS
5 3 (5.882%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.922%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 38 (74.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.57%) VMware
3 9 (17.65%) Cisco
4 5 (9.804%) Citrix
5 4 (7.843%) Avaya
5 4 (7.843%) HP
6 3 (5.882%) Huawei
6 3 (5.882%) BT
6 3 (5.882%) ZyXEL
6 3 (5.882%) Draytek
7 2 (3.922%) Dell
7 2 (3.922%) EMC
7 2 (3.922%) NetApp
8 1 (1.961%) Sage
8 1 (1.961%) Juniper
8 1 (1.961%) Brocade
8 1 (1.961%) AppSense
8 1 (1.961%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.961%) Aruba
8 1 (1.961%) Polycom
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